Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
I'd still vote for a hood of some kind, like you see with theater stage lighting or traffic signals. Using a piece of material (plastic, foil, whatever) pasted flat over the face of the light wouldn't work so well, since it would both limit total output and not really block upward scatter that much.
That seems like a very reasonable solution, I might have to try this out when I get some more time to tweak on my bike.
It would be really neat if I could fabricate a hood that can raise and lower by an attachable line from the light. I'll have to look into both of these options.